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After getting in touch with masses of Rupert fans via the Cherrybomb Facebook page, The Independent has come forward with some great news! Cherrybomb will be distributed in the UK!

“Backed by a website petition and Facebook group boasting more than 10,000 supporters, including over 1,000 Britons, producers secured a major distributor in Britain. Details of the release, planned for early next year, will be announced this week. The Little Film Company is also in negotiation with an American distributor.“

We will announce the official details of the UK distribution deal and release when we receive them sometime this week!

The article also features Rupert Grint himself commenting on the amazing way YOU– the fans– have affected the film’s fate by getting involved in the Cherrybomb Film Campaign!

“I am backing this campaign wholeheartedly,” he said. “I’m delighted by the huge support the film has already received on the official Facebook page and other sites on the web and am so grateful to my fans in particular, who have travelled the world to support the film at festivals and preview screenings.”

Co-director Lisa Barros D’Sa also commented on the subject:

“It started off with Rupert. We have been astonished by it. Even when they heard we were shooting the film in Belfast last year, internet fan sites were interested in Rupert’s role.”

You can read the rest of the article here! Be on the lookout for more distribution news to come!

The press for Cherrybomb is really picking up!

Today, the one and only Perez Hilton has an article up about…well, Rupert being shirtless in Cherrybomb…but this will no doubt do wonders for the campaign, promoting the fact that word and support is out there for the film, and going right for it’s target audience.

Read the article here.

As the buzz grows surrounding Cherrybomb, the UK’s Daily Mail Online has picked up on the campaign, featuring it on their main news page today.

While there is no new information listed regarding the film or potential distribution, the article does note:

As concern grows over the future of the movie - which sees Grint appear in a series of steamy sex scenes and taking drugs - a legion of fans have started a petition calling on film distributors to take action.

More than 10,000 people have signed it so far, including 1,338 in the UK and 4,849 in the U.S.

The Cherrybomb Distribution Campaign (www.cherrybombmovie.net/)statement reads: ‘Many websites that publish features on Cherrybomb are saturated with comments from movie-goers who are eager to see the film.

To read the rest of the article and leave your comments, click here.